Miami Free Zone Corporation, Inc. v. Foreign Trade Zones Board, United States Department of Commerce, United States of America

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, a foreign trade zone operator who wishes to challenge the Board’s grant of another zone application in its geographic area, seeks reversal of the district court’s decision that it did not have jurisdiction to review the Board’s actions, 803 F.Supp. 442. We agree with the district court, and the Federal Circuit, that exclusive jurisdiction lies in the Court of International Trade and therefore affirm.

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The Foreign Trade Zones Act, 19 U.S.C. §§ 81a-81u (1988), created the Board to review applications for…